Word: colorlessness
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...which would come upon civilization if there should be another war. He described Lewiside, a new gas, invented by Professor Lewis of Northwestern University. Lewiside, differing from the gases which were used in the past war, is heavier than air. It also differs from them in that it is colorless and odorless, giving no warning of its presence. It kills by contact and will make sterile any ground with which it comes in contact...
...novel, of the type of "Main Street," so much in vogue today, that deals with drab, everyday life in a colorless wag, will not last long as a classic, according to Joseph C. Lincoln, noted American novelist, In a recent interview for the Crimson. These novels form but one more example of the attempt of the Realists to supplant the Romanticists in the field of literature, Mr. Lincoln said...
...fire, strains plausibility. Even the sub-title, "From an Alaskan Diary", does not entirely persuade us. The "one last, single, long-drawn howl" is too much for us. We receive without accepting. And so of Mr. Whitman's "Shadows of Our Fancy": more poetry than truth, magnificent settings and colorless characters; the shuttle of narrative weaves a gorgeous milieu--and nothing happens...
...typical Broadway musical comedy, completed the wreck. The personnel was chosen with an eye for pleasing these feminine sycophants. The performance was lightly considered; the real work of the evening began on the waxed floor after the final curtain had rung down. The play itself was pitifully colorless: an unmitigated burlesque from its slap-stick dialogue to the heavyweight wrestler who, resplendent in pink tights and a blonde wig, tripped coyly around an umbrela, designed as a parasol, and sang about the pattering raindrops, as a member of the pony chorus. The loyal alumni were sorely tried, and equally disgusted...
...Tigers the season is over. Starting in colorless fashion, Roper brought his team into whirlwind finish by tying the University and running up the second biggest score against Yale that a Princeton eleven has ever made. Princeton stands in rather an enviable position; for two years it has had a clean slate in the big three contests with two ties with the University and two decisive victories over Yale. It is, of course, impossible to name the sectional champion until all of the returns are in, but in any case Princeton will merit consideration for premier honors...